A giant inguinoscrotal hernia in the 21stcentury urban Nigeria setting? A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Negligence could make an inguinal hernia to increase in size and with the passage of time; it may assume a giant size with accompanying medical and social impacts on the patient. Traction on the ilioinguinal nerve and spermatic cord causes dragging sensation in the groin with the attendant discomfort. The inability to wear fitting pants, the disturbance of sexual activities, and the consequent gait abnormality were some of the compelling reasons in this patient that made him to seek surgical consult. Nylon darn herniorrhaphy was done without a mesh and without any untoward postoperative event in a level II surgical facility. This case report illustrates mainly, ignorance, negligence and fear of surgery as mitigating factors in the management of this condition in our sub-region and less of the surgical challenges a giant inguinoscrotal hernia may pose.